Английский язык с Э. Р. Берроузом. Принцесса Марса

"Yes," cried Dejah Thoris, "come with us, Sola, you will be better off among the red men of Helium than you are here, and I can promise you not only a home with us, but the love and affection your nature craves and which must always be denied you by the customs of your own race. Come with us, Sola; we might go without you, but your fate would be terrible if they thought you had connived to aid us. I know that even that fear would not tempt you to interfere in our escape, but we want you with us, we want you to come to a land of sunshine and happiness, amongst a people who know the meaning of love, of sympathy, and of gratitude. Say that you will, Sola; tell me that you will."

"The great waterway which leads to Helium (великий водный путь, который ведет к Гелиуму) is but fifty miles to the south (находится всего в пятидесяти милях к югу)," murmured Sola, half to herself (пробормотала Сола, почти про себя); "a swift thoat might make it in three hours (быстрый тот может проделать /этот путь/ за три часа); and then to Helium it is five hundred miles (а затем до Гелиума остается пятьсот миль), most of the way through thinly settled districts (/при этом/ бульшая часть пути /пролегает/ через слабо заселенные районы; thin — тонкий; слабый; редкий, незаполненный; settled — заселенный). They would know and they would follow us (они будут знать /это/ и будут преследовать нас). We might hide among the great trees for a time (мы могли бы спрятаться среди больших деревьев на некоторое время), but the chances are small indeed for escape (но шансы на побег в самом деле очень малы). They would follow us to the very gates of Helium (они будут преследовать нас до самых ворот Гелиума), and they would take toll of life at every step (и с каждым своим шагом они будут нести смерть: «собирать пошлину жизни»; toll — пошлина, сбор); you do not know them (вы не знаете их)."

"Is there no other way we might reach Helium (нет ли другого пути, по которому мы могли бы добраться до Гелиума)?" I asked. "Can you not draw me a rough map of the country we must traverse (не можешь ли ты нарисовать мне примерную карту местности, которую мы должны пересечь; rough — неровный; грубый), Dejah Thoris?"

settled [setld], rough [rAf], traverse ['trxvWs]

"The great waterway which leads to Helium is but fifty miles to the south," murmured Sola, half to herself; "a swift thoat might make it in three hours; and then to Helium it is five hundred miles, most of the way through thinly settled districts. They would know and they would follow us. We might hide among the great trees for a time, but the chances are small indeed for escape. They would follow us to the very gates of Helium, and they would take toll of life at every step; you do not know them."

"Is there no other way we might reach Helium?" I asked. "Can you not draw me a rough map of the country we must traverse, Dejah Thoris?"